I’d like to start by thanking each and every
one of you for your support and making this
sale such a great thing to be a part of. With-
out you, none of this would be possible.
I work for the Ford family and could not ask
for better people to be around day in and day
out. The opportunities and methods I’ve
learned here will stick with me forever. It’s fun
to be around people that appreciate good cat-
tle and are constantly looking for ways to im-
prove their ranch and everything associated with it.
I purchased my herd of purebred cows from Brandyberry
Cattle Co in the spring of 2010 after finishing college.They
are managed with Cross Diamond’s purebred cow herd.That
means the Triangle Y cows are expected to produce a calf
every year, maintain themselves and then breed back other-
wise there isn’t any room for them on the place. The past
two years have really made the cows prove themselves and
not only did they survive they thrived. Not only maintain-
ing themselves, but also producing stout functional calves.
The bulls were weaned last October, then grazed corn-
stalks and winter range until May. They received mainte-
nance levels of protein through winter and spring. The bulls
were shipped to Elwood in the spring and grazed summer
range until September. The bulls were then brought back
to the home place and placed on a high roughage ration.We
culled through the bulls in June and then again in Septem-
ber when they were sorted into sale groups.
I am very excited in the bull crop I have to offer on this
year’s sale.Through some strict selection criteria and the use
of new sires I believe they look better than ever.
I look forward to seeing you all at the cattle drive Sun-
day night and again Monday. Take care.
Cable Cattle Company, Bertrand, Neb.
Welcome to the
Cross Diamond Pro-
duction Sale, we trust
that you have had a
prosperous year of
cattle production. At
Solid Rock Red
Angus in Eastern Col-
orado we were blessed
by the best grazing
year in a decade. The
cows are going into
the fall in great shape and the calves are weaning off healthy and heavy!
Investment is our theme for 2014!What a tremendous time to be in-
vested in the beef business.We are making investments in genetics for all
our commercial beef customers. Investment in relationships and in those
who work hard to enable us to be successful.We welcome Ronny, Kelsey
and Chisum to Limon from Seward, NE to Invest property and be per-
manent Colorado residents. Their arrival rounds out the team of Ryan,
Lindsay, Maelle, Emily, Joel, Jake, Frank and Alden, along with numer-
ous others who have lent a hand throughout 2014.
As you plan for your genetic choices we are working hard to provide
you the right genetic investments for your program of multiple trait sires.
Choose from calving ease, maternal and high performing ET and AI’d
sired 18 month old bulls. Messmer Packer, TR Colt 45, Covenant, Di-
rect Ticket and the initial offering of our herdsire Hammerdown repre-
sent a cross section of our offering.
Thank you for the continued support of our program and of course
a big thanks to the Ford Family for believing in us.
God Bless your Coming Year,
Joe, Cindy and Emily Frasier, Ronny and Kelsey Pope
We at Right
ON
Cattle
Company want
to welcome you
to the annual
Cross Diamond
Sale and our 8th
year of bringing
you bulls. It has
been a privilege
to be associated
with Scott and Kim Ford and their crew.
This year we have been blessed with continued rain-
fall and great looking pastures.With the blessing of rainfall
our herd thrived in bountiful pastures.We feel blessed that we
are able to continue bringing you bulls with great bloodlines
and genetics.Through using quality and diverse sires our goal
is to bring you the best performing bulls that will enhance
your herd.
We want to thank you for your continued support
and hope to see you again this year!
Right ON Cattle, Bertrand, Neb.
Solid Rock Red Angus, Limon, Colo.
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Welcome to the 2014 edition
of the Cross Diamond Bull Sale
from us here at Straka Red Angus.
It is easy to be excited about the
cattle industry today with beef
prices at all time highs. The abil-
ity to improve genetics on many
levels comes back to the producer
in terms of herd health, increased fertility and profitability.
We are very pleased at the offering of our bulls for the
2014 sale, our cull process was aggressive and the use of
new AI herd sires including Beckton EPIC R397 and HXC
Big Iron 0024X and our own natural service sires Straka’s
No Limit 1005 and Straka’s Flat Iron 1018 makes this an
exciting offering. We think that you will agree when you see
the heavy muscled high progeny bulls being offered.
We hope each of you has been blessed with the good pas-
ture conditions and wonderful family time that we have ex-
perienced and look forward to seeing you at sale time.
God Bless.
Straka Red Angus, O’Neill, Neb.
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